Hex Parasite
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
New PhyrexiaNPH · #137
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 4.52 € · ★ 12.92 € · 8.77 $ · ★ 37.64 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Raymond Swanland
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-05-13
Flavour text
Drawn by power, fueled by conquest.
Rulings
If the permanent has multiple kinds of counters, you choose how many of each to remove when the ability resolves.
You may choose a value for X that’s greater than the number of counters on the targeted permanent. However, Hex Parasite only gets the bonus for counters actually removed.